Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Songpan Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 146943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Songpan Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Badun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit
Chuanzhusi Au Deposit
Dazhai Au-As Deposit
Dongbeizhai Mine
Jiawuchi Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit
Longdishui Au Deposit
Qiaoqiaoshang Au Deposit
Qilicun Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit
Songpanguo Au Deposit (Songpangou Au Deposit)
Zhangla Au Deposit
Zhebo Au Deposit (Zheboshan Au Deposit; Zhepeshan Au Deposit)

Latitude: 32°46'46"N
Longitude: 103°37'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.779444444444,103.63027777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43618	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	43621	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	43621	1588
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	43618	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	43618,43621,43623,43625	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	43618,43623	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	43621	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	43617,43618,43621,43623,43625	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	43621	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43618,43621,43625	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	43617,43618,43621,43623	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	43615,43618,43619,43621,43622,43623	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43621,43623	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	43618	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43621	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43623	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	43615,43616,43617,43618,43619,43622,43623,43624,43625	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	43618,43623	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43621	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	43618,43621	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43623	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	43618,43621	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43618	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43618,43621,43625	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	4	43617,43618,43621,43623	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	43617,43618,43621,43623,43625	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43621	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43618	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	43617,43618,43621,43623,43625	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	4	43617,43618,43621,43623	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	43621,43623	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	43618,43621	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	43623	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43623	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	43618,43621,43623,43625	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	43618,43621,43623,43625	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	43618	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	43618,43621	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43623	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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